Search Tag: analytics

X-ray, computed
tomography, blood tests, genetic diagnostics, health apps and wearables: we are
producing a whole host of health-related data. What opportunities and risks do
“Big Data” provide for patients and their care?After increasing importance in the financial industry, logistics
and production, Big Data and analytics have rapidly started to gain...
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Big data analytics is increasingly becoming more integral to the way health providers interact with patients. This trend is likely to continue, especially with expanding use of mHealth tools such as smartphone apps and wearable devices. 2015 may have been a big year for healthcare big data analytics, but the next 12 months are likely to bring even...
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Amidst rising cost of supplies, healthcare organisations have turned their focus on improving supply chain management to help reduce overall costs, according to a new national survey commissioned by Cardinal Health. Reducing costs is an urgent goal as hospitals shift to value-based healthcare. The supply chain is the second largest expense for healthcare...
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University of Washington Tacoma's "big data" experts collaborate with MultiCare Health System and Microsoft to improve outcomes for hospital patients with heart disease. This collaboration has led to the creation of a tool, Risk-o-Meter, that can help predict which heart failure patients would be readmitted to the hospital within 30 days after discharge....
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FROM BIG DATA TO SMARTER CARE: WHAT, WHY & HOWHealthcare is undergoing a massive transformation. That’s no secret. Reimbursement is shrinking, providers are being asked to shoulder more risk, and patients are more involved in their care than ever. The ability to use analytics to transform data into actionable information – smarter business and clinical...
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Google's latest gadget, a sensor-packed wristband, is designed to help medical professionals track vital signs of patients during clinical trials and drug tests. Developed by Google X, the search giant's life sciences research division, the new wristband can measure pulse, heart rhythm and skin temperature, and also other things such as light exposure...
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As hospitals and health systems navigate the journey from volume- to value-based health care, 3M Health Information Systems is applying the analytic power of its extensive clinical and claims database to help providers assess the costs, outcomes and effectiveness of care delivery. The new 3M Health System Performance Suite offers advanced analytic tools...
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MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper and Polaris Health Directions have teamed up for a project to help those with breast cancer deal with behavioural health issues. The project will rely on the Apple Watch to track behavioural data in real time that could help refine patients' treatment regimens.The plan is to equip some 30 breast cancer patients with...
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Cleveland Clinic in the
U.S. is the latest health care organisation to make its analytic algorithms
available on Apervita. This will enable other health providers to use this knowledge
to improve outcomes.
The Apervita platform
enables organizations to author, publish and subscribe to a range of analytical
tools, quality and safety measure, pathways...
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An entrepreneur has raised $7 million from investors to expand a predictive analytics software platform for hospitals and large surgical centres. Rich Krueger, CEO of Patient Route Systems, said in a recent interview with MedCity News that the goal of the predictive analytics tool is to help analysts and department heads within health systems to detect...
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